---
title: "Common Butterfly Lizard"
description: "Leiolepis belliana — Rettili. The common butterfly lizard (Leiolepis belliana), also called the butterfly agama or butterfly lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-butterfly-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Butterfly Lizard

> Leiolepis belliana — Rettili. The common butterfly lizard  (Leiolepis belliana), also called the butterfly agama or butterfly lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae.

- Scientific name: *Leiolepis belliana*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 830
- Wikidata: [Q916925](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q916925)
- iNaturalist taxon: [31544](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/31544)

## Names

- en: Common Butterfly Lizard
- de: Prachtschmetterlingsagame
- nl: Vlinderagame
- pl: Agama motylowa

## Countries with the most observations

TH (596), MY (116), US (34), MM (6)

## Summary

The common butterfly lizard  (Leiolepis belliana), also called the butterfly agama or butterfly lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to Asia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_butterfly_lizard

## Photo

![Common Butterfly Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-butterfly-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/302547356

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-butterfly-lizard?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).